From inside the lines to out, Express-News staff writers Blake Hurtik and Terrence Thomas take a look back and a look ahead at the high school sports landscape.

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3 - Days until the start of girls basketball season. On Monday, Taylor Field House will host a tripleheader featuring several of the area's top teams: Reagan vs. Brennan, Wagner vs. Stevens and Brandeis vs. Smithson Valley.

4 - Times in the past five years the Reagan volleyball team has recorded a 40-win season. The Rattlers reached the milestone with Tuesday's Class 5A bidistrict playoff win over Judson. They also had 40-win seasons in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Poth, New Braunfels, La Vernia, Incarnate Word, O'Connor and Johnson are the other teams with 40-win seasons.

5-0 - Northside ISD teams' combined record in the first round of the UIL volleyball playoffs. O'Connor, Clark, Warren and Taft each won their opening-round 5A matches, while Brennan won its 4A contest.

200 - Career wins for Smithson Valley football coach Larry Hill at the school. Hill reached the milestone in last week's 35-3 win over New Braunfels Canyon. Hill has a 200-53 record in 20 seasons at Smithson Valley. He has an overall career record of 210-64.

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TAPPS volleyball: Boerne Geneva and Seguin Lifegate are the area's only qualifiers to this year's TAPPS state tournament. Lifegate plays San Marcos Hill Country at 11 a.m. today in a Class A semifinal match, while Geneva faces Conroe Covenant at 3 p.m. in a 2A semifinal contest. Both matches are at Palo Alto College.

TAPPS on TV: Tonight's football game between Antonian and Central Catholic will be on live television. The 7:30 p.m. game will be broadcast on Channel 888 on Time Warner Cable.